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Topwomen2014-Lowres PRESENTS 2014 Thursday, Oct. 23 | 5:30 - 8 p.m. | Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel LEADERSHIP SPONSOR PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS SUPPORTING SPONSOR CHARITY www.victimrights.org PUBLISHER’S NOTE Dear readers, PUBLISHER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. This special section honors Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Top Women of Law for 2014. EDITOR Henriette Campagne I’m pleased to announce this year’s scholarship recipient, S. Mayumi Grigsby. MANAGING EDITOR A third-year student at Northeastern University School of Law, she already David E. Frank, Esq. has made signifi cant contributions in the public interest arena. She was OPINION EDITOR recently named the Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Thomas E. Egan, Esq. and recently returned from Port-au-Prince in Haiti where she conducted OPINION DIGESTER legal research on international human rights litigation and worked on cases Jill Taintor, Esq. involving gender-based violence in that country. You’ll learn more about her in the profi le included in this section. NEWS REPORTERS Brandon Gee Patrick Murphy, Esq. This year’s Circle of Excellence is made up of six women who have been honored in the past, but whose continuing achievements and contributions to the community merit additional recognition. WEBSITE EDITOR / NEWS REPORTER Noah Schaff er Both the Circle of Excellence and the other Top Women honorees were selected by a panel comprised of ASSOCIATE EDITOR members of the legal community and representatives from Lawyers Weekly’s editorial department. The judges Matt Yas looked for those who have made signifi cant contributions to the legal profession and who are role models for young women entering the law. ART DIRECTOR Terry Driscoll I hope that you enjoy learning more about the impressive women featured in this special section. GRAPHIC ARTISTS Victor Watch Nate Silva Amanda Adams Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Publisher JoAnn Griffi n Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, New England In-House ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Scott Ziegler LEADERSHIP Anna M. Eckert Byrne . .7 Maria J. Krokidas . .22 SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Melanie Footer SCHOLARSHIP Cameron Casey . .7 Robyn K. Laukien . .23 RECIPIENT Marie E. Chafe . .8 Shari A. Levitan . .24 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT - CLASSIFIED Kathleen E. Connolly . .10 Shannon Liss-Riordan . .24 Joan McGonagle S. Mayumi Grigsby . .2 Kate R. Cook . .10 Ray D. Madoff . .25 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - ADVERTISING AND EVENTS Tracy A. Craig . .11 Regina Snow Mandl . .25 Kelsey Karimi CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE Patience W. Crozier . .11 Cynthia Mark . .26 ADVERTISING TRAFFIC MANAGER AND EVENT DIRECTOR Elyse D. Cherry . .9 Martha F. Davis . .12 Jennifer L. Markowski . .26 Carla Jewett Ruth Ellen Fitch . .16 Denise W. DeFranco . .12 Jessica A. Massey . .28 Jennifer Grace Miller . .29 Michele E. DeTour . .13 Joan Meschino . .28 Pauline Quirion . .35 Rachelle A. Dubow . .13 Gloriann Moroney . .30 Published by Lawyers Weekly Inc., 10 Milk St. Mary K. Ryan . .38 Susan Hanmer Farina . .14 Elizabeth M. Myers . .30 10th fl oor, Boston, MA 02108. Photocopying and Fatema Fazendeiro . .15 Kimberly L. Nelson . .32 data processing storage of all or any part of this Kimberly E. Winter . .41 Michele J. Feinstein . .15 Jody L. Newman . .32 issue may not be made without prior written consent. Rates quoted on request. TOP WOMEN OF LAW Carolyn Jacoby Gabbay . .17 Laura A. Panos . .33 Stacie S. Aarestad . .3 Sally R. Gaglini . .18 Gina M. Perini . .33 Copyright ©2014 Massachusetts Lawyers Martha R. Bagley . .3 Cynthia E. Gates . .18 Katherine E. Perrelli . .34 Weekly. 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Bartlett Partner a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2014 Top Woman of the Law REAL ESTATE BUSINESS LAW LITIGATION 101 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 Download our app 617.646.2000 www.sherin.com LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT working at the International Colloquium S. Mayumi Grigsby on Women’s Empowerment, Peace and Security after graduation. Her experience Northeastern University School of Law at the colloquium, which was established to train and promote women for positions Leadership is clearly in the cards for S. ceived the President’s Volunteer Service of leadership, only strengthened Grigsby’s Mayumi Grigsby. Award for her eff orts on behalf of UNICEF. decision to become a lawyer. A third-year law student at Northeast- From a young age, Grigsby’s parents When she graduates next ern University School of Law, Grigsby is instilled in her and her sister the impor- May, Grigsby intends to currently the Ella Baker Fellow at the Cen- tance of sharing the knowledge they have continue her focus on inter- ter for Constitutional Rights, jetting from been lucky enough to receive with those national human rights. Boston to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for legal who haven’t had the same chances. “I want to go where I research on international human rights At the age of 8, Grigsby and her sister can be most useful and litigation, submissions to the Human were on the last fl ight out of Liberia impart my knowledge Rights Committee, and cases involving before the country’s civil war intensifi ed. with those who gender-based violence in Haiti. After spending a few years in various plac- haven’t had the same Earlier this year, she was awarded es around the globe staying with friends, chances,” she says. the Helena Rubenstein Fellowship for the family was reunited in Houston after “It means a lot to Women’s Justice for her commitment to being granted refugee status. me to have this schol- public interest law and advancing wom- Grigsby quickly became involved in arship and to have it en’s justice. Last year she was named a the community around her, mentoring be associated with LEADERSHIP SPONSOR Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy at-risk youth in the District of Columbia recognizing women in partnership with the Harvard Kennedy during her time at Georgetown University in the legal system,” School of Government, and in 2012 she re- (with a semester spent in Senegal) and Grigsby adds. MLW 2 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s TOP WOMEN OF LAW Stacie S. Aarestad Partner, Edwards, Wildman, Palmer | Boston University School of Law Stacie S. Aarestad’s practice covers Community Services Initiatives Com- otherwise met.” all aspects of “the care and feeding of a mittee, Aarestad has helped organize The experience reinforced her belief public company,” as she puts it, advising periodic group visits to the Greater that a leader must promote a team con- clients about disclosure obligations and Boston Food Bank and an annual gift cept and recognize that participation board matters. drive program for Bridge Over Troubled from every player is key to the success In 2014 alone, she has guided off er- Waters, an organization that helps of any project. ings in excess of $700 million as chair homeless teenagers in Boston. She “A leader helps each member of the of the securities off ering and public also serves as a member of the board team to understand how they fi t into company counseling practice group at of directors for MassBioEd, a nonprofi t the bigger picture and that they are not Edwards, Wildman, Palmer in Boston. focused on supporting science, technol- just a cog in a wheel,” Aarestad says. But she also knows how to drive ogy, engineering and math education, For more established lawyers, it can a bargain. with a focus on biotechnology. be challenging to put themselves For just a $5 donation, employees Aarestad recently completed a six- back in the shoes of a young at the fi rm can wear jeans to work on month program with senior executives associate fresh out of law school. designated Fridays. The idea has trans- from diverse industries and areas of the But “by recognizing the value lated into thousands of dollars raised city. Selected for the 2014 class of the of diff erent perspectives and LEADERSHIP SPONSOR for charities such as the American Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s vantage points, a leader Heart Association, Albert Schweitzer Executive Leadership Institute, Aarestad can guide a team to a Fellowship and Adopt a U.S. Soldier. engaged with “a really great group successful project,” she A member of the fi rm’s Volunteer/ of business leaders I may not have says. MLW “I get the most pleasure and Martha R. Bagley feel the most gratifi cation Law Offi ce of Martha R. Bagley | New England School of Law from a job well done for a parent in a custody case.” The practice of law was the obvious Society, an organization in which choice for Martha R. Bagley, the third both her father and grandfather awards a deserving nonprofi t a grant generation in a family of lawyers. But participated. She serves as secretary/ each year. Joking aside — “I love she managed to shake things up a treasurer of the board for the society, giving away other people’s money,” bit by hanging her own shingle four originally founded as a way to keep she says, laughing — Bagley fi nds the years ago.
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